Classic and Contemporary Poetry
LAKE COMO IN AUTUMN, by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD Poet's Biography First Line: From como's curving base of blue Last Line: The sun will bring the spring again. Subject(s): Autumn; Beauty; Lakes; Seasons; Fall; Pools; Ponds | ||||||||
From Como's curving base of blue, To where the snow lies cold and clear, Ascends in steps of varied hue The pageant of the passing year, As scores of mountain-sides unfold Their gorgeous robes of red and gold. Meanwhile, where shore and lake unite, I see, projected far below, A counterpart in colors bright, Of snows that gleam and woods that glow, -- Two pictures of an ideal land, Divided by a single strand. O matchless view, thus doubly fair, Impress thy beauty on my heart, That, when no longer really there, I still may see thee as thou art! Alas, that they should ever go, -- Those steps of light, those thrones of snow! The day declines, the colors pale, The peaks will soon be ashen gray; Yet, though the shades of night prevail, The darkness hath not come to stay; And if no leaves of gold remain, The sun will bring the Spring again. | Discover our Poem Explanations and Poet Analyses!Other Poems of Interest...A MAN GETS OFF WORK EARLY by THOMAS LUX THE FRIARY AT BLOSSOM, PROLOGUE & INSTRUCTIONS by NORMAN DUBIE SONGS FOR TWO SEASONS: 2. RED POND by CAROL FROST A MAY MONODY by JOHN LAWSON STODDARD |
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